Clasp for hose-supporters.



Patented July I6, |90,

E.4 N. GAILLARD..

cLAsP Fon Hose suPPonTEns.

(Applicaticn led Oct. 13, 1900.)

(No Model.)

WLM/mason PATENT FFlCEn ELLA N. GAILLARD, OF EASTON, MARYLAND.

CLASP FOR HOSE-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,654, dated July 16, 1901.

Application iiled October 13, 1900. Serial No. 32,997. (No model.)

T @ZZ wwnt it may concern):

Be it known that I, ELLA N. GAILLARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Faston', in the county of Talbot and State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Clasp for Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specificatian.

My present invention relates to a novel clasp for hose-supporters of that class in which the hose or fabric is held between a button or headed projection carried by one clasp member and the surface of a coperating clasp member having an opening for the reception of the button and that portion of the hose :retained by the clasp.

The objects of the invention are to improve the construction of the clasp by eliminating the loose connection between the clasp members, which is ordinarily necessary, and to eliminate the necessity for sliding the eye member relative to the button member for the purpose of effecting the attachment of the clasp to the garment or its detachment therefrom.

To the accomplishment of these objects and others subordinate thereto the invention consists in providing a button-supporting plate or member provided with a yielding button and an eye plate or member hinged to the first-named member and formed with an eye cooperating with the button and of varying diameter, the minimum diameter of said eye being slightly less or approximately the same as the maximum diameter of the button, to the lend that said button covered by the fabric to be retained will beforcibly contracted as it passes the point of greatest constriction of the eye, the secure retention of the garment being assured by the necessity for a light contraction of the button in order to effect its withdrawal from the eye and the consequent release of the fabric.

The invention further consists in the construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and succinctly defined in the appended claims.

In said drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my clasp, showing the eye and button members swung apart. Fig. 2 is afront elevation showing the members in engage- Fig. 3 is an edge view. Fig. 4 is a ment.

sectional view with the periphery of the butnu ton located within the point of greatest constriction of the eye. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewon the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of a modification of the means for retaining the button upon its shank.

Referring to the numerals of reference e111-- ployed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views, l and 2 indicate a pair of plates hinged together at a point adjacent to one end, as indicated at 8, and which in view of other characteristics to be described Iwill designate, respectively, as a button member and an eye member. At apointremoved from the hinge and preferably adjacent to its opposite end the member lis provided with a shank 4, surmounted by a yieldn ing button 5, secured upon the shank in any suitable manner and disposed for coperation with an eye 6, formed in the eye member 2 at a point which will insure the presentation of the button to the eye when the members are swung together. The usual construction of clasps of this general character has comprehended the provision of an eye or loop of elongated form and having one end sufficiently large for the repassage of the button and the other end somewhat constricted for the reception of the shank as the eye member or loop is drawn longitudinally. Such construction necessitates a loose connection between the members of the clasp-11s, for instance, the connection of said members to the ends of separate elastic strips. My invention contemplates the elimination of this loose connection and, as heretofore stated, thenecessity for sliding the members relatively for the purpose of effecting the attachment or detachment of the clasp to or from the hose or other garment. These ends are attained by effecting the direct hinged connection of the plates and by the peculiar form of the eye, which merely requires the passage'of the button therethrough in an axial direction in order to effect the attachment or release of the fabric. The eye 6 is formed by i perforating the member 2 and by spinning up IOO lIO

which prevents the cutting of the fabric as the latter is forced through the eye by the button, and, next, the annular constriction of the'eye, as indicated at 9, this constriction being disposed intermediate of the rounded corner 8 and a decided flare or enlargement of the eye, as indicated at 10.

By reference to the drawings it will be seen that the diameter of the yielding button 5 is slightly greater than the diameter of the constricted portion 9 of the eye; but inasmuch as the button is designed to be covered by the fabric its diameter may be approximately the same as or even slightly less than that of the constriction, inasmuch as the edective diameter of the button will be somewhat increased by the fabric, and will therefore compel sufiicient contraction ofthe button as it passes through the eye to prevent its acci'- dental withdrawal therefrom and the consequent release of the garment.

``/Vhen attaching my clasp to a hose, the

' fabric is placed over the button 5 with the 1 be forced through the eye, the rounded corner 8, constituting a slight are of the inner end of the eye,serving to prevent the cutting of the fabric as the yielding button is forced past the constriction of the eye and into the Iiared outer end of the latter, at which latter point the button may again expand to its normal dimensions and press the fabric firmly against the adjacent surface of the eye or, perchance, against the outer end of the flange '7. The fabric will thus be securely held against casual or accidental release; but the detachment of the clasp therefrom may be quickly effected by inserting the thumb or finger under the thumb-piece 11, formed at the free end of the member 2, to facilitate the separation of the members and the withdrawal of the button from the eye.

The separation of the button and eye members is limited, preferably, by reason of the peculiar form of the hinge 3. One of the members-as, for instance, the member l is provided with a pair of transverse slots 12, through which pass a pair of curved hingelugs 13, extending from the end of the member 2 and headed at the opposite side of the member 1, as indicated at 14, these heads cooperating With a shoulder 15, formed by the end of the member 2, to limit the relative swinging of the members. While the screw connection between the button and its shank, as indicated in the first five figures of the drawings, is probably a preferable form of such connection, an example of a possible variation is illustrated in Fig. 6, whereinvthe button is shown as provided with an internally-threaded socket for the reception of the externally-threaded upper end of the shank 4. It may be stated,further,that I do not contemplate the use of rubber buttons exclusively, inasmuch as it maybe expedient, and possibly preferable, to employ kid, velvet, plush, or other similar materials capable of that degree of contraction and expansion which is necessary to the effective operation of the clasp. The manner of attachment of the elastic or other strips constituting the garment-supporter may be effected in a variety of Ways; but the end of the member 1.

beyond theV hinge 3 is preferably slotted, as shown, and the elastic is passed therethrough and secured in any wellknown manner-as, for instance, by sewing. j

From the foregoing it will appear that I have produced a simple, inexpensive, and effective clasp ofthe character described embodying a construction best calculated to effect the accomplishment of the several objects stated; but while this embodiment of the invention is thought at this time to be preferable I desire to reserve the right to effect such changes, modifications, and variations as may be comprehended within the scope of the protection prayed.

Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination of a base-plate having a stud provided with an elastic head larger .than the neck of the stud, and another plate having an opening for receiving the button with the fabric on it to be clasped, said opening having outwardly-expanding form, and adapted to contract the button in entering the opening, and permit the expansion of the surface of the button in the opening after entering it, said parts being hinged together.

2. A clasp comprising a button member having a yielding button over which the fabric is clamped, and a cooperating eye member provided with a transverse eye having a rounded inner edge, a flared outer end anda constricted portion intermediate of the iiared end and rounded edge, whereby the fabric may be passed into the eye without injury and will be expanded with the button when thel latter is forced beyond the constricted portion of the eye, and into the dared outer end thereof.

3. The combination with a base-plate having a stud provided with an elastic head larger than the neck of the stud, and another plate designed to clamp the intermediate fabric against the base-plate and having an opening for receiving the button with the fabric on it to be clamped, said opening hav ing an outwardly-expanding form and adapted to contract the button on entering the opening, and to permit the expansion of the surface of the button in the opening after entering it.

4. A clasp comprising a button member having a contractile button supported by a IOO IIO

disposed annular iiange having an interior bevel at its outer edge to dene an expanded portion of the eye Within which the yielding,`

button is designed toexpand to its normal size for the purpose of clamping the fabric against the interior surface of the flange.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ELLA N. GAILLARD.

Witnesses:

IDA E. YEWELL, HENRY HOLLYDAY, Junr. 

